GAMBLING ON RACEHORSES.
MUNICIPAL GAS EMPLOYEE. 4 THEFTS. TOTALLING £503. ~ -'fßr TELEGRAPH.—PRESS : ASSOCIATION.] '. '- ," • 'S MASTERTON. Tuesct»T. At the Supreme' Court to-day, Ralph Henry Percy, Cooke, ■ accountant in th« '■-"■ borough gas; office, pleaded- guilty to th» I theft of £500, , tlio property of tho BorI ough Council, and; was committed for sen- rv-ijg '■ tenco at Wellington. •- ... ," j •'•■'•ln a" statement: made to the, polio*, | Cooke said he was pressed by creditor* I and took money- the cash to help '-• 'him out.: He began gambling on race*' I horses and took more money, intending : to pay it back, but got further into tne mire. ' ' ■■
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18388, 2 May 1923, Page 8
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102GAMBLING ON RACEHORSES. New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18388, 2 May 1923, Page 8
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